دحل

Root entry · 18 derived lemmas

The root 'دحل' primarily relates to concepts of entering, burrowing, and hidden or underground spaces. It extends to describe natural formations like caves and artificial ones like wells, as well as metaphorical meanings of deception, cunning, and avoidance.

Derived headwords

الدَّحْلnoun

1.
Cave, burrow, holeboth
A narrow opening that widens below, often large enough to walk in, sometimes with vegetation. It can be an entrance under a cliff or in the side of a well.
2.
Hiding placeclassical
A dwelling or shelter, particularly one used by Arab women for concealment when visitors arrive.
3.
Cunning, trickeryclassical
A hidden, deceptive, or cunning act or trait.

أَدْحَلَverb

1.
To enterclassical
To enter into a dahl (cave or burrow).
2.
To enter, to penetrateclassical
Used metaphorically to mean entering or penetrating a space, like a crack or a dwelling.

دَحَلَverb

1.
To enterclassical
To enter into a dahl (cave or burrow).
2.
To dig, to excavateclassical
To dig into the sides of a well to reach water.
3.
To flee, to escapeclassical
To move away from, to escape from someone or something.
4.
To be cunning, to deceiveclassical
To act with cunning or deception.

دَحْلnoun

1.
Cunning, deceptionclassical
A cunning, deceitful, or malicious act or nature.
2.
Astuteness, shrewdnessclassical
Skillful cunning and astuteness, especially in business or negotiation.

الدَّحْلَةnoun

1.
Wellclassical
A well, particularly one dug to access water from beneath its sides.

الدُّحُولnoun

1.
Wellclassical
A well that has water found beneath its sides, requiring further excavation to reach.

بِئْرٌ دَحُولnoun

1.
Perforated wellclassical
A well with perforations or cavities in its sides, or one with wide sides.

دَحَلَ البِئْرَverb

1.
To excavate a wellclassical
To dig into the sides of a well.

نَاقَةٌ دَحُولadjective

1.
Estranged camelclassical
A female camel that strays from the herd and keeps to itself.

رَجُلٌ دَحْلadjective

1.
Pot-bellied, stoutclassical
A man who is stout, short, and has a protruding belly.

الدَّحْلَانِيّadjective

1.
From Duhlaniclassical
Attributed to a village in Mosul whose inhabitants were Kurdish thieves.

الدَّوَاحِيلnoun

1.
Traps for gameclassical
Wooden structures with cloth coverings, used as short traps for hunting wild asses and gazelles.

الدَّاحُولnoun

1.
Trap for gazellesclassical
A wooden trap set by a hunter for gazelles.

الدَّحَّالnoun

1.
Hunter of gazellesclassical
A person who hunts gazelles using traps (dawaahil).
2.
Hunterclassical
A hunter in general, not specifically of gazelles.

يَدْحَلُverb

1.
To flee, to escapeclassical
To move away from, to escape from someone or something.

يُدَاحِلُهُverb

1.
To haggle, to bargainclassical
To bargain with people in trade until one achieves their goal.
2.
To deceive, to trickclassical
To engage in cunning or deceitful dealings with someone.

الدَّاحِلnoun

1.
Spiteful personclassical
A person who harbors resentment or malice.

الدَّحْلnoun

1.
Cunning personclassical
A person characterized by cunning and shrewdness, especially in business.

Parallel reading

الدحل: نقب ضيق فمه ثم يتسع أسفله حتى يمشى فيه

The dahl: a burrow narrow at its mouth, then widening below until one can walk in it.

وربما أنبت السدر

And sometimes it grows sidr trees.

وقيل: هو مدخل تحت الجرف أو في عرض خشب البئر في أسفلها ونحو ذلك من الموارد والمناهل

And it was said: it is an entrance under a cliff or in the side of the well's timbers at its bottom, and similar to that of watering places and springs.

وقد دحلت فيه أدحل أي دخلت في الدحل

And I entered into it, I enter, meaning I entered into the dahl.

ورب بيت من بيوت الأعراب يجعل له دحل تدخل فيه المرأة إذا دخل عليهم داخل

And sometimes a house of the Arabs has a dahl made for it into which a woman enters if a visitor enters upon them.

ادحل في كسر البيت ، أي ادخل

Enter into the cracks of the tent, meaning enter.

فشبه أبو هريرة جوانب الخباء ومداخله بالدحل

So Abu Hurayrah likened the sides of the tent and its entrances to a dahl.

وهي خلائق خلقها الله تعالى تحت الأرض، يذهب الدحل منها سكا في الأرض قامة أو قامتين أو أكثر من ذلك، ثم يتلجف يمينا أو شمالا فمرة يضيق ومرة يتسع في صفاة ملساء لا تحيك فيها المعاول المحددة لصلابتها

And they are creations that God Almighty created underground. The dahl goes straight into the earth for a cubit or two cubits or more, then it turns right or left, sometimes narrowing and sometimes widening in smooth rock, which sharp picks cannot penetrate due to its hardness.

فلما انتهيت إلى الماء إذا جو من الماء الراكد فيه لم أقف على سعته وعمقه وكثرته لإظلام الدحل تحت الأرض

And when I reached the water, there was a pool of stagnant water in it. I could not ascertain its width, depth, or abundance due to the darkness of the dahl underground.

والدحلة: البئر؛ عن ابن الأعرابي

And the dahlah: the well; according to Ibn Al-A'rabi.

والدحول: الركية التي تحفر فيوجد ماؤها تحت أجوالها فتحفر حتى يستنبط ماؤها من تحت جالها

And ad-duhul: the well that is dug and its water is found beneath its sides, so it is dug until its water is drawn from beneath its side.

وبئر دحول: ذات تلجف في نواحيها

And a dahl-well: one with cavities in its sides.

ودحلت البئر أدحلها إذا حفرت في جوانبها

And I excavated the well, I excavate it, if you dig into its sides.

والدحل من الرجال: المسترخي، وقيل العظيم البطن

And the dahl from men: the flabby, and it was said the large-bellied.

ورجل دحل بين الدحل أي سمين قصير مندلق البطن

And a dahl man, between dahl, meaning fat, short, with a protruding belly.

والدحل: الداهية الخداع للناس الخبيث

And the dahl: the cunning, deceitful, malicious person towards people.

الدحل والدحن الخب الخبيث

The dahl and ad-duhn: the malicious, wicked.

وقد دحل دحلا، وقيل: الدحل الدهاء في كيس وحذق

And he acted with dahl, a dahl, and it was said: the dahl is astuteness with skill and cleverness.

فسمعتهم يقولون دحل فلان الدحل، بالحاء، إذا دخله

So I heard them say 'So-and-so entered the dahl, with the haa, if he entered it.'

والدواحيل: خشبات على رؤوسها خرق كأنها طرادات قصار تركز في الأرض لصيد الحمر والظباء، واحدها داحول

And ad-dawāḥīl: wooden sticks with cloths on their heads, like short traps, planted in the ground for hunting wild asses and gazelles; their singular is dāḥūl.

ويقال للذي يصيد الظباء بالدواحيل دحال

And he who hunts gazelles with dawaahil is called a dahlāl.

ويشربن أجنا، والنجوم كأنها ... مصابيح دحال يذكي ذبالها

And they drink ajna, and the stars are like ... lamps of a dahlāl, whose wicks are trimmed.

يقال دحل فلان عني وزحل أي تباعد

It is said: 'So-and-so dahl-ed away from me and zahal,' meaning he moved away.

إذا رابه استعصاؤها ودحالها

If its stubbornness and its dahl (or hadal) worried him.

لا تدحل، بالنبطية، أي لا تخف

Do not dahl, in Nabataean, meaning do not fear.

فلان يدحل عني أي يفر

So-and-so yadhlu away from me, meaning he flees.

ورجل يدحل عني دحلا، ... كدحلان البكر لاقى الفحلا

And a man flees from me a dahl, ... like the fleeing of a virgin who meets a stallion.

فمعناه إذا قال له لا تدحل فقد أمنه

So its meaning is: if he says to him 'Do not flee,' he has granted him safety.

الداحل الحقود، بالدال

The dāḥil: the spiteful, with the dāl.

الدحل من الناس عند البيع من يداحل الناس ويماكسهم حتى يستمكن من حاجته

The dahl among people in selling is one who yudāḥilu people and bargains with them until he achieves his need.

وإنه ليداحله أي يخادعه

And indeed, he yudāḥiluhu, meaning he deceives him.